A retrospective quality assessment of pre-hospital emergency medical documentation in motor vehicle accidents in south-eastern Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Staff, Trine ^a,b,d   Søvik, Signe ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOCUMENTATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; NORWAY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79953184699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-20     Document Type: Article

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